FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2019 Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Andrew Pizor (apizor@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 Mountain State Justice: Jennifer Wagner (jennifer@msjlaw.org) or (304) 326-0188 Washington, D.C. - After a vote today by the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) Board of Directors, banks making home mortgages will no longer need to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 19, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or Odette Williamson (owilliamson@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010  HUD Plan Would Fuel Substantial Declines in Black Homeownership The following is a statement by Odette Williamson, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) attorney and director of NCLC’s Racial Justice and Economic Opportunity Project. Today, the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12. 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Chi Chi Wu (cwu@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Statement Regarding Credit Report/Score Requirement in DHS Public Charge Regulation Boston - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a regulation that greatly expands what will be considered in determining whether an immigrant is considered a [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 9, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org), (617) 542-8010; or Sarah Bolling Mancini (smancini@nclc.org) Washington, D.C.- Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center decried the decision announced yesterday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to remove a question about the mortgage applicant’s language preference from the Uniform [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org), (617) 542-8010 or Lauren Saunders (lsaunders@nclc.org),  (202) 595-7845 Washington, D.C. - Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center applauded yesterday’s announcement by the Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) that it will develop a real-time payment system, while urging the Fed to [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Geoff Walsh (gwalsh@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010 Boston - A report released to the public today by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyzes the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Loan Sale Program and shows the harm the program [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Boston – Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney at National Consumer Law Center, issued the following statement and advice to consumers about the Capital One data breach: “It’s disappointing but not unexpected that consumers face yet another breach of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2019 Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Consumer Federation of America: Barry Zigas (bzigas@consumerfed.org) Washington, D.C. - Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center and the Consumer Federation of America issued the following statement today in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) announcement [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2019 National Consumer Law Center contacts: Persis Yu (pyu@nclc.org) or Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org); (617) 542-8010   U.S. General Accountability Office Report Misses the Mark on Income-Driven Repayment Plans BOSTON- Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the Department of Education’s process for verifying income and family size [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2019 CONTACTS: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org or (617) 542-8010 Consumer Reports: David Butler, dbutler@consumer.org or (202) 462-6262 Download letter from 80 organizations across the nation sent to House Members urging passage of H.R. 3375: http://bit.ly/ib-alt-data WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives struck a strong bipartisan [...]